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2 of the 3 teenagers charged in a brutal attack entered guilty pleas admitting taking part in the assault that left the victim in the hospital with fractures. as part of the police today they must cooperate with the state through the end of the case. spent the attack happened the last february. melonie holt was in the courtroom today attorneys with the teens say they are remorseful. >> reporter: outside of court one of the teams offered an apology today and we are likely hearing more from both at sentencing where they face up to 15 years in prison. >> what makes you guilty. >> reporter: defendants, 2
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aggravated battery of a satellite beach teenager. >> ( indiscernible ) >> reporter: 19-year-old rebecca gotay and her codefendant 19-year-old jessica umberger both took responsibility for their roles in the crowbar assault on a 17- year-old daniel vukovich. 18-year-old dylan thomas is accused of yielding the weapon. he entered a plea of not guilty but go to a and umberger have admitted to taking part in the planning of the assault with thomas and face up to 15 years in prison at sentencing. investigators say the teenagers plotted against vukovich because they believed he stole marijuana and smoking paraphernalia. >> i'm really sorry. sorry for what happened and if there is anything i can do to take it back, i would.
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tase please are conditional based on cooperation through the end of the case. no trial date has been set but codefendant thomas, teenage girls will be sentenced on april 15. live in brevard county courthouse, melonie holt, channel 9 eyewitness news. if you step out you have seen it is a pleasant afternoon that we are tracking changes another cold front headed our way. certified meteorologist brian shields is here with the latest from severe is weather center 9. >> el nio winter up and down. warm up and then we get a front another blast of winter will move in this weekend. before that, a touch warmer. filtered sun. high clouds working in and we talked about this this morning. 68 already, milder than yesterday winds pulling out of the south southeast. with southeasterly flow temperatures will jump into the 70s for most of us.
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and you see the numbers around. 70 degrees already in kissimmee, toward st. cloud and harmony, 67 in cocoa beach. 66 new smyrna beach, through ponce inlet and 63 degrees in deland. this is what is going on. a couple of high clouds have pushed and not a big deal we will stay on the dry side but the blizzard potential up toward dc. you've been hearing about that and we been covering that for you. we get the tail end of they. the system is wrapping off to the west and we will see the tail end of move in by tomorrow. that is the front and with that i won friday we was see showers and storms. today what to expect, for the rest of the afternoon, 60 9f 4:00, 63 at 6:00. not as cold tonight as the next front approaching. but it will get stormy on friday. we will go over storm threat and then get in the weekend cool down. martie? brian, track the cold front headed toward us for yourself at wftv.com /weather.
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cause great lack in the nation's capital. see what happened last night and then this lasted into the morning. nothing moving after dusting of snow on untreated roads causing more than 100 accidents as part of the largest all storm snowstorm moving into the region. we will have that part of the story ahead convicted sexual predator behind bars again this afternoon accused of raping a teenage girl at night pointed walter ambrose a served his time in prison for convictions in orange, seminole and brevard county spit related to sexual batteries in 1994. he went back to prison for drug charge out of seminole county and released one year ago. longwood police got a 911 call from a home on springwood court and ambrose let the scene was picked up overnight and will face a judge in about 90 minutes. destructive vandals targeted jurors the brevard county the guess at 3 hotels woke up to see car window smashed police in the vandals
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steve barrett is live in brevard county and at least 25 cars were damaged. >> reporter: a lot of damage here. window repairman on scene with deputies who are trying to get account on how many vehicles burglars to this morning travelers woke up to one of the worst things that can happen on vacation, car, truck windows smashed out at 3 different hotels and parking lots. right at the exit ramp of i-95, wickham road. deputies tell me at least 25 cars have been damaged. one hotel manager said it appears that the thieves were using handheld glass breakers based on some indentations on windows that did not break. cars and suvs will rummaged through and belongings strewn about parking lots. valuables were gone. victims were very angry, others taking it in stride. >> what will you do? you cannot get upset about it you can, but they will do their best to find whoever did it and
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time. >> reporter: this woman said she didn't have any valuables in a car so she was one of the lucky ones. they were families here, trying to find out -- find out if there is videos that deputies can use to find out who did this politely said, we are off the exit at i-95. folks may have just gotten on the highway and be gone by now. live in the brevard county, steve barrett, channel 9 eyewitness news. florida hospital has been flushing the water system after test came back positive for legionella bacteria. investigation began in late november when a critically ill patient tested positive in the hospital notified the department of health which tested the water. of those results came back yesterday and showed legionella but a different strain than the bacteria that the patient had hit legionella can cause legionnaires disease, a severe often lethal form of pneumonia. hospital officials say no one contract -- contracted the disease after flushing the system coming test come back clean. part of i-75 close in marion county where crashes into people to the hospital.
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firefighters tell us to semi and minivan crashed at 6:00 a.m. southbound lanes ocala. a minivan overturned and landed on its side. you can see it there. both semites were carrying lumber, was well across the road and had to be cleaned up picks is the crash 2 of the southbound lane to reopened. state attorney jeff ashton officially running for reelection. he filed paperwork today to try to keep the position as the top law enforcement official in orange and osceola county spit ashton was elected in 2012 after serving as a prosecutor in the 9th judicial circuit for 30 years. his campaign says he was the first attorney in the country to use dna evidence in the courtroom. last august ashton admitted to using marital cheating website ashley madison while at work. sanford police say that made an arrest in a deadly double shooting inside an apartment building. tonney mccants turned himself in for the shooting deaths of march east grooms. grooms found dead at kensington oaks apartment complex on
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lee st. mccance also shot a woman in the hand who was in the apartment investors have not release information about what sparked the shooting. and volusia county, still waiting to find out if a man will face charges for shooting and killing his friend while hunting. we brought you this as breaking news on eyewitness news at 4 mac yesterday. investigators as a six-year-old size and told investigators he accidentally shot booze best with a 12gauge shotgun on may county road, oak hill. deputy say they will continue their investigation into the shooting. former apopka homages will teacher behind bars this afternoon accused of molesting a third-grade student years ago. we reported a girl who is now a year-old donald sharp inappropriately touched her. as apopka police looked into the claims, they found out orange county polk schools was in it -- investigate them for inappropriate in spots was the says he was not reappointed in
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district since then. support from presidential donald trump is continuing to grow. the former candidate -- roller coaster ride on wall street, how much it has cost you in the past few days warnings about hoverboards what the government wants owners to do. we are tracking a front moving in over the next 24 hours. you can see it here on friday.
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stocks seesawing after roller coaster of the day yesterday. dow is up 140 points but at the worst the dow down more than 500 points yesterday at their stocks tumbled over concerns over the global economy and oil prices. elizabeth hur is in new york with the latest. >> reporter: wall street opening with numbers seeing morning. keeping investors on the edge of their seats following a dismal day yesterday. >> uncertainty is the markets worst 4 letter word. >> the dow falling 566 points before fighting its way back up in closing down 249 point the culprit?
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now $20 a barrel, the lowest and 12 years. great news for consumers with the majority's, 70 percent of americans now paying less than $2 per gallon at the come -- pump. for the energy companies, it is a huge blow. shedding some 100,000 jobs last year and more jobs could be lost in oil prices stay as low. >> not knowing what the bottom is in the oil causes a lot of angst. >> reporter: uncertainty and volatility in the world 2nd largest economy, another big concern for investors the turbulence in china is sending u.s. stocks down nearly 10 percent for the year for the average retirement savings account, that is a loss of nearly $8300. >> if you have money in stocks, your best bet is to ride it out as opposed to taking it out of the market to pick the people who take their money out of the market when it is down other people lose was at the end of the day, experts say it is all
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it looks like it is by now but we are told the last 5 years, stocks are actually up 40 percent. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. later today addition to be made about the future of the and the on theater multi- million-dollar expansion. these are new renderings of what it could look like. they want to add to the administrative offices, lobby, bathrooms and concessions. a public hearing is set for city hall. seminole county woman mauled by 5 dogs is recovering in the hospital this afternoon. it happened at the stomach apartments in sanford tuesday. police 8 when they arrived they saw 5 dogs biting the woman's arms, legs and upper body. officer says he shot and killed all 5 to stop the attack. a 6 shelter but animal services the 2 young boys suffered injuries in the attack millions of americans are in the path of a major winter storm that could bring historic amounts of snowfall to parts of the country. the storm could affect people from north carolina to boston.
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>> reporter: dc is preparing for an epic blizzard with a trial run. >> we are very sorry for inadequate response. >> i am also declaring a snow emergency brakes may are promising to be more prepared after less than 2 inches of snow fell wednesday evening, leading to this and this. >> it was rough driving home and took him a while to get 4 miles but we decided to walk and it is pretty icy on the roads when walking. >> reporter: air force one was caught in the icy conditions. the presidential motorcade ping- pong on the slick streets. residents prepared for the impending storm and many on social media were frustrated by the preparation or lack of it on the roads this person taking aim at the virginia department of transportation, writing the got needs to get salt on the roads. those first flakes snarling traffic and causing accidents. 776 traffic crashes reported
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vehicles fit and with forecasters predicting after 2 feet of snow in the atlantic this weekend i'm a grocery shelves have been picked bear. snow shovels are in short supply. >> a lot of snow shovels. >> reporter: a man with a snow blower. >> on the only one of my blog with the snowblower. >> reporter: the popular guy in town. >> the latest models are predicting absolutely historic amounts of snow in the nation's capital. and the total of 20 states are now under winter watch. line is that, abc news washington. as a director said, that's why i live in florida. >> absolutely. >> no excuse for that happening. that. before. i grew up in some of those places. they have had snow and no better. here's what we are dealing with today 74, 76 degrees on friday. average high, 71. we will run slightly above
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you will see the change coming. saturday's going to be-50s. that's the blizzard -- part of the blizzard to the north no snow but we was the colder weather wrapping around it. outside milky white sky. cocoa beach, 67, winds of the northeast at to pick something time in 5:53. numbers 60s and 70s low to mid 60s northern tier, 70 degrees and kissimmee, 65 in clermont . mascot over toward dukes lake, winds are little out of the southeast that is going to keep us on the warmer side even with a few clouds. some of us are seeing sun others dealing with clouds hit and nice afternoon either way. 70 degrees and format, 63 at 6:00. we will drop off into the 50s after that. pleasant tonight and not nearly as cold. future track zooming through today. some of us a lot of sun others have clouds. by the morning, i will tracking the system back to the west. you can see how it takes aim by
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afternoon. we will see some rain and storms and gusty winds but quickly moving out by the time we hit friday evening and then we talk about the colder weather rushing in. rainfall totals are not too high because again a fast mover but we will watch out for storms would winds gusting over 40 miles an hour. today at the beaches, seas a 2- 3 feet. water temperatures on the cool side. 50s and 60s around. the rest of a filter sun 74, mild and we will go over the numbers. near 70 for almost all of us. a little . cooler . flagler county, mid 60s. tonight, not nearly as chilly. most of us in the 50s to near 60. 60 melbourne, 55 leesburg, and sorrento. look at changes moving in. again, tracking a line of rain and storms for tomorrow. tied to the blizzard up toward dc. and then we will get colder weather. gusty winds tomorrow. with the storm system and the storms themselves and then on
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out of the northwest. on saturday, we will hadrons winds gusting 30-35 miles an hour easily and that will keep the chill around. even though we clear out from the day, mid 50s for highs and it could be the coldest day all winter. saturday night and sunday morning down to about 37. we cannot go out for a because wind means wind chills even in orlando are going to be in the 20s on sunday morning sunday it self still running in the 50s. by monday, we get back to about 78 degrees. we will warm up again early next week. we will break down to mars a storm system further coming up in the next half-hour. vanessa? governor rick scott is calling for transparency in the hospital industry and morning residents of price gouging. 9 investigates why the move is raising questions about his motives. applying to colleges about to change big changes colleges themselves are now calling for. trash problems solved in one neighborhood after we started asking questions.
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neighbors in apopka say they got a solution to the garbage problem after we took the concerns to orange county leaders ask eyewitness news was contacted by neighbors on a dirt road near obt and now this road and they tell us it trashes -- trash is not picked up since late december. one homeowner says she does not have her new bins . after going to leaders with concerns, neighbors got relief within a few hours. >> they showed up and picked up the trash. >> the county admitted homeowners still do not have new garbage bins a glass and we asked the county how many bins are needed and when they will have the bins but we did not get an answer finding out about in the news rotation orange county involving 2 orlando police officers. margaret cho officers mike favorite and bread roll turned
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during a high-speed chase -- chase involving a stolen to pick we listen to calls suggesting no one at obd knew about the chase until it was over. obd asked the shares office about their own kotoko in the calls after deputy spotted the chase. >> this is coming from one of your deputies and we don't have anyone checked out. >> one of our units. >> officer roles said he and favorite drove the stolen jeep back to the city because of danger. they were on the troll while investigation continues trapping and recall it -- with: -- relocating coyotes in the city says the state does not consider the coyotes a nuisance. state while officials say even if it did, the coyotes would be removed from the park and located elsewhere. working with fwc to find another solution. we are going to have to wait until someone gets hurt
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that's my fear. what does it have to take in order to get their attention? >> fwc is planning to provide workshops to residence on how to deal with coyote encounters. osceola county school district has decided to review the hiring policy after a teacher was accused of lying to get and then keep her job. district records show that former harmony high school agricultural science teacher bonnie dixon claimed to have a masters degree from uf. but the district says uf has no record of her attending. officials say her qualifications came under scrutiny one year half into the job when she failed an exam to become full-time every -- submitted results that said she passed that we spoke to a student who says dixon was a good teacher. >> she was very relatable. pretty nice lady and seem to know what she was doing. >> dixon resigned during the investigation. we spoke to her attorney who says he's reaching out to her for a comment. we are waiting to hear back. this afternoon orange county man is facing child abuse charges after getting
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one month. todd brisbois was arrested yesterday on new charges involving his children. we went through an injunction filed last year accusing him of hitting his 3 sons with his hands, vacuum, water bottle but a judge denied the dcf request to keep them away from his kids meaning he will still be able to visit his a-month-old baby when he bonds out. >> there is enough evidence for someone to conclude that at this time it may be best until we can get to the bottom of the situation that this child needs to be kept awake -- away. after his 5-year-old stepdaughter told investigators he woke her up and night and forced her to do push-ups and hit her with a rubber hose. charges were dropped for lack of sufficient evidence. told store florida hospital in orlando for women will open in a few days. >> celebrating the grand opening tonight with several activities for the community. the new facility will offer
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for postpartum depression, and the heirs first milk people breastmilk. inspirational messages from patients and live music starting at 5:30 1 inch of snow caused major problems in the nation's capital last night. with the city is doing to prevent -- prepare for even more snow and the new warnings what the government is asking
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support for gop presidential
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>> he is getting more support with voters and big-name politicians pick jamie dupree joins us live skype from the capital washington. looks like trump is getting a lot of momentum. >> you are right martie vanessa . new polls in iowa and new hampshire still have trump leaving by a sizable margin in new hampshire and running neck and neck with ted cruz and i will get the most interesting thing as you dig into the ball to find trump to support is not just balanced on one side of the ledger, some candidates draw more for the more moderate side like jeb bush or conservative side like ted cruz not trump he gets even support from very conservative is somewhat conservative and even moderate voters. there is one other candidate in the field whose has been doing that on a regular basis as well and that is marco rubio. as of now he trails trump and those polls. >> jamie, a pack supporting former florida jeb bush spent a lot of money attacking rubio. >> think about it, rubio's and
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but what if jeb bush had not been dropping $20 million, his super pac has spent in the last 6 weeks on and all against will be a. how about that figure again? $20 million by the jeb bush allied super pac. all a negative ads against marco rubio. it has republican somewhat aggravated in dc thinking instead that money should have gone against donald trump martie vanessa. back to you. >> incredible amounts of money. >> thank you. temperatures will climb into the 70s today after chilly start today but the warm weather will not last for long. get ready for changes heading this weekend this way. certified meteorologist brian shields tracking the latest from severe weather center 9. >> tracking a better chance of rain and storms on the way. we will be dry today. some of that filter sun. a halo we are seeing around the sun courtesy of higher clouds and crystals above. tomorrow 80 percent of the rain
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by the way, that is not all day more so of the line working in from the west to the east and we will see a potential of stronger storms than that front. it was about later friday and we will be dry saturday that is when we get of a temperature drop on the way. taking you through the forecast. you see some high clouds that have been streaming in today. overall it is nice and temperatures milder as we will have 70s for highs. wrapping up the midsection of the country, there is what will be the blizzard. the tail end of that, that is going to be moving in for us tomorrow. we will see storms, showers developing in the gulf and moving in. for us today, 74 degrees. a filtered tran -- sunshine. temperatures to show you where we end up today. 67 and palm coast is where we will finish up titusville, merritt island, 70. melbourne, 69 st. cloud, harmony holopaw 71 n. cousy boggy creek to lake nona pip back into colonial town,
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70 degrees in clermont . 70 my friends in the villages and 71 in ocala southeast winds helping us out it coming up it is going to turn sharply windy this weekend. those winds are out of the northwest that will bring in huge jail. we will track how much colder it gets for both saturday and sunday. as you saw a moment ago 1 inch of snow practically shut down the nation's capital last night leaving people even the president stranded on the roads. some people for hours. and that was just one taste of what is discomfort deseeded -- for dc. >> reporter: 1 inch of snow fell just a dusting but i and untreated roads created hazarded -- hazardous conditions and heirs the cars abandoned on highways . drivers was stuck, 4, 6, 8 hours in the car before they were able to get home. the roads were not treated early. isaac conditions caused as many
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even president barack obama had to fight traffic marine one was grounded so his normally 25 minute commute from maryland to the white house took over one hour. impacted traffic this morning as well. forecasters say this is nothing compared to what we could see in 24 hours. the potentially record-breaking storm could jump up to 2 feet of snow with the target right here. reporting a washington, jacqueline fell, channel 9 eyewitness news a british judge is now saying russian president vladimir putin probably approved a plan to kill a former russian spy. overnight the judge released a report that said he is certain alexander linden go with getting tea laced -- tea laced with poison back in 2006. he fled russia to britain and 2000 after breaking with russian president vladimir putin and his inner circle before his murder, he had
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a study by that the 4 -- adot -- numbers collected from school bus drivers who watch cars go around buses states and one day, nearly 11,000 vehicles illegally passed school buses in florida pip and when you're that will add up to nearly 2,000,000. >> kids are more important than what you are late for . >> lawmakers discussing the bill that calls for adding cameras to the stop signs and would also add harsher penalties for illegal passing pip lengthy legal fight over florida senate districts may be over. the senate is not going to appeal the redistricting map that was proved last month. however the decision means republicans could lose control over the state senate because the map is split almost evenly between gop and democratic leaning districts. a 2nd case of the ebola virus in the west african country of sierra leone. the first new case immersed
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after the world health organization declared the epidemic over in that country. health officials say the new 2nd case is a close relative of the first victim, the patient is now undergoing to. this afternoon u.s. marshals are working to try to to track down a palm bay arson suspect it car glenn farley -- call about his whereabouts are unknown but she tried to burn down a motorcycle club that operates a food pantry police a pitch is accused of setting fire to bikers in need off us 1 in october. police do not believe it was a random act. >> super bowl 50 is 2 weeks from the sunday and the f.b.i. and homeland security are working to keep the teams and the fans safe. both agencies have issued a memo a potential security threats and san francisco. they include attacks on fiber optic cables, drone attacks, and lone wolf attackers inspired by isis. they say the most vulnerable places really are outside the stadium. the f.b.i. says there are no credible threats right now. advertisers are starting to buy some expensive airtime for that game.
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super bowl for the first time but ford and lincoln will sit on the sidelines once again this year. companies will shell out an estimated $5 million for a 30 second spot and a chance to reach 115 million viewers. buffalo bills higher the first full-time female assistant coach in nfl history. catherine smith has been hired as their special teams quality control coach. she spent last season working as an administrative assistant for the teams coaches did she also spent 12 years working with the new york jets. is eating in a small mom- and-pop restaurant healthier than eating at fast food chains? a new study answer the question. cutting back on fat may not
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new study suggest certain fats may actually be good for your heart doctors say fatty foods like red meat, dairy, cheese should be avoided to protect against heart disease but there's a healthy fats which are found in plants, nuts, fish can actually lower your risk of heart problems. nutrition experts say eating too little vegetable oils contribute to more heart related deaths than eating unhealthy fats . also say eating too little plant oils can put your heart health at risk as well. fast food and chain restaurants are required to tell you calorie counts for everything they serve but what about the mom-and-pop restaurants? researchers looked at meals at small restaurants and they found mom-and-pop had large portions just like the big
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as many calories but the average entrie contains more than 1200 cal which is more than half of the daily calorie requirement for an average woman. >> a baby boy who was born conjoined to his brother is about to go home. connor and carter mirabal were born in december were born in december 2014 and they were connected at their abdomens. doctors at wolfson children's hospital celebrated the babies in may and they have been in the hospital ever since. at first doctors were not sure the boys would get to go home because that a low chance of surviving separation. >> we definitely had our downs and we also had our ups. there are certain things we struggled through and, but the boys are fighters. they made it through everything so far. >> connor is set to go home for carter may have to have another surgery. parents have a crib waiting for
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the government has issued another warning of the popular hoverboards. the new call to stop selling them and what you should always have handy if you ride one. 9 investigates the deep into a plant governor scott announced saving you from price gouging gusty winds with showers and storms. going over that on future track but windy and colder most people who sign up for health insurance on healthcare.gov qualify for financial help to make coverage more affordable, lowering their monthly premiums. many find low premium plans for less than $75 dollars a month. if you don't sign up, you have to pay a penalty of $695 or more. your last chance to enroll is january 31st. stre-e-e-e-eam
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the largest fine for defrauding medicare and no one went to jail. rick scott left the hospital chain columbia hca before over bidding -- overbilling for inflating cossacks a warning of price gouging as investigative reporter christopher heath reports the move is raising questions about scott's motivation. >> reporter: is hardly a secret that the governor rick scott made his millions while heading the largest hospital chain in the united states.
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that the chain, columbia hca paid what was at the time the largest find in u.s. history for defrauding medicare and medicaid. the fine paid after scott left the but the fraud happened while scott was running the company although he denies knowing anything about it now, as governor, scott is crusading against what he calls hospital price gouging. >> if the hospital ever price causes the patient across the state you hear story after story. we have got to get this under control. >> this week scott was in central florida highlighting the work of his commission on health care and hospital funding. critics have been quick to point out the irony of a man associated with healthcare price inflation now crusading against it. >> it looks like a case of the pot calling the kettle black. >> reporter: political analyst doctor rick fogle says while the connection may raise questions, that does not mean the commission will not be dashiell positive results. >> it may be politically driven but there may be nonetheless a problem here and they may be valuable for public policy
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>> the commission dozen of the power to write state policy but since forms, it may help the governor raise money. according to the records, his pack is taken in one quarter million dollars from the healthcare industry says may first appear including $60,000 from the florida-based medical billing company. >> it is strange coming from him but maybe he knows best how to do this. >> reporter: christopher heath, channel 9, eyewitness news in a statement tonight investigates governor scott's press office break the commission for the work to "increase transparency for florida hospitals and empower patients to fight against hospital price gouging. no comment on the governor's private sector past. if you have a team headed to college you know apply to schools can be a stressful experience for them. >> and for parents as well. dozens of colleges including the entire ivy league calling for changes. of report by a harvard-based research group claims t midget are encouraged to exercise their own success rather than community involvement some say that sent the wrong message.
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it has to be balanced with concerns for others and concern for the common good. we cannot just reward those achieves. to highlight community also calling for reducing the extracurricular activities and making sat scores optional. federal government is now calling sales of hoverboards to stop especially online. >> we haven't tell you for months now about concerns over fires and people falling off of the hoverboards in a new report from the consumer product safety commission is questioning whether hoverboards have the right technology to adjust for the difference between say a 50 pound child and a 150 pound adult >> they are designed in a matter -- manner that makes them take off of people are not ready for it appeared that is a hitting hazard and can create dangerous falls. >> 13 models of hoverboards across -- are currently under investigation for battery fires. officials say anyone riding a
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distinguish are handy as you do this, wear a helmet when you ride it >> wasn't that on your list under the tree? >> and what i had was a fire extinguisher in my stocking. >> i don't want to have something where you need a fire extinguisher. >> always have you helmet. downtown orlando, you can see that plume which is smoke way out there. a lot of prescribed burns this time of year and that is what is going on. amazing shot from the downtown tower camera. from orange county, that is moving smoke from volusia into northern lake. i will tweet the image shortly. we will monitor that. 60 degrees winds of the south southeast at 8 miles an hour. that will draw some smoke back inland. you can see the smoke drifting.
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near de leon springs. prescribed burned from the west but bringing smoke to the northwest this afternoon. sometimes you get those burns. public nothing gets crazy into the wildfire season eventually in one month or 2. looking at numbers, 70 kissimmee by the loop and titusville, 66, 64 in flagler county. winds are out of the southeast. extra cloud cover and we have seen that filter in. we are seeing again temperatures bouncing back. there is some smoke we will be dry that's not rain but more showers and storms back to the west of us, the tail end of the blizzard will be impacting the mid-atlantic. looking good this afternoon. near 70, 75 for the temperatures. 60s working in this evening when you see tom terry, 2:00 today, high clouds and smoke in spots. again dry for afternoon -- afterschool activities. tomorrow morning, this is 10:00, showers developing at of the mainline.
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about 3:00, late morning early afternoon gusty winds will be possible. i will be here and tom will be here all day to watch out for that. not severe weather set up we saw this weekend but still el nio pattern watching it carefully. quickly clearing out in some storms we could have winds over 40 miles an hour. rainfall we will not see a huge amount just because it is a fast-moving downpours we could get have an inch. today filtered sun mild temperatures about 74. 67 palm coast, 59 and leesburg, 70 in the villages and clermont. tonight, not as chilly. we don't have to worry about frost for tonight it finally. we will eventually down the road but 50s on the way tonight and let's get a look at the changes. we covered it tomorrow. could see gusty winds with the storm system. then we get a much colder weather. saturday looks okay. it is going to be really windy and on the colder side.
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35 miles an hour. out of the northwest on saturday. although we clear out, that will override any sunshine. mid 50s for highs and that is it. 37 on sunday morning. if the winds are calm, we would drop close to the upper 20s but it is going to still be breezy. 37 but the wind chill if you're up early for services or activities, we will have wind chosen the 20 sunday morning. widespread across central florida. still 58 sunday. monday, temperatures back to near 70. tracking another front working in by the middle of the week a lot of fronts and an el nio pattern and that is exactly
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here's a look at the stories were working on for eyewitness news at 4. it has been almost 1 years as a brutal attack and brevard county left the victim with several fractures. 2 of the 3 teenagers charged have pleaded guilty ahead of the 3rd suspects trial. we are explaining wet conditions and women must meet as part of the pre--- plea deal they make today. guess at 3 different brevard county hotels had their vehicles broken into overnight and we are asking investigators weather burglars may have headed and whether they can be seen on surveillance video from the area. and we are staying on top of the sexual battery case against a former apopka elementary school teacher. today and 4:00, we will explain another investigation into the same former teacher by orange county public schools. progress been made on plans for a new type of public transportation. >> hyper loop transportation
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vacuum tube system. the design what shoot passengers from city to city at 760 miles an hour. the company has filed paperwork to start building a 5 mile test track along part of interstate 5 in california. right now it is choosing of company to build the track and they are hoping to start construction later this year. stocks are up at midday thanks to rebounding energy prices. here is a look at the numbers so far this afternoon. we will have closing figures for you today on channel 9
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it is nice, pleasant but the changes are coming -- but big changes are coming as i like nice and pleasant. >> here is certified meteorologist brian shields in severe weather center 9. >> up-and-down pattern every 2 or 3 days. we have been getting fronts working in and another tomorrow. extra clouds around keep in mind we have smoke and volusia moving in from lake from a prescribed burn we showed you earlier. tomorrow we will watch out for rain and storms. tune in after that. we get colder this weekend. up-and-down, 56 on saturday. winds howling out of the northwest. 37 on sunday morning but wind chills in the 20s and in the 50s on sunday. and time for a cold weekend. warmer by monday. have a wonderful afternoon.
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